Sam Bankman-Fried, once known as the crypto king, has been sentenced to 25 years in jail. For someone who’s just 32 years old, the punishment may sound too much. But Sam can consider himself lucky. The maximum punishment for the crimes he has been convicted of could have meant over 100 years in jail. Prosecutors […]Read More
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently canceled a high-level Israel delegation’s visit to Washington after the US abstained during the UN Security Council. Is he now walking back from that call? When Netanyahu met visiting US senator Rick Scott, he told him, “My decision not to send the delegation to Washington in the wake of […]Read More
Security of India’s borders is sacrosanct and there’s no way around it. That was the overarching message given out by S Jaishankar, India’s External Affairs Minister, during an interaction with the Indian community in Kuala Lumpur. “My first duty to Indians is to secure the border. I can never compromise on that. We are still […]Read More
A month after they hit the streets, people in Hungary are back in protest mode. This time, the issue is corruption involving senior officials in the government after a former government insider turned critic released an audio recording that he says proves that top officials conspired to cover up corruption. February saw Hungary’s largest protests […]Read More
As the war with Russia grinds on, Ukraine needs all the help it can get. Its domestic defence industry is small but fast-growing. The government is now putting in more money, hoping that it will lead to a surge of homemade weapons and ammunition. Over the past year, the U.S. and Europe have struggled to […]Read More
Former US President Donald Trump is now selling Bibles as he runs to return to the White House. In a video released on his Truth Social platform, Trump, who is the presumptive Republican nominee, has released a video urging supporters to buy what he called “God Bless the USA Bible,” which is inspired by country […]Read More
Moments before it crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge, the cargo vessel called ‘Dali’, with an all-Indian crew on board, issued a mayday call saying it had lost power, including to its engines. In the CCTV video that captured the trajectory of the ship and its subsequent collision into the Baltimore bridge, there’s a […]Read More
Japan has green-lighted a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries, its latest move from the pacifist principles the country adopted at the end of the Second World War. The decision to allow international arms sales is expected to help secure Japan’s role in a year-old project to develop a new fighter […]Read More
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that India “firmly supported” the Philippines in upholding its national sovereignty. The remarks by the minister came in response to a question during a joint press conference with his Filipino counterpart Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Enrique Manalo.Read More
In a rare accident of its kind, a Singapore-flagged container vessel Dali, rammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge early this morning leading to the entire bridge collapsing into the Patapsco RiverRead More
It is US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s sixth visit to West Asia in less than six months, since the Israel-Hamas war began. A trip to Riyadh, a meeting with Arab foreign ministers, Palestinian officials and of course destination Tel Aviv. The immediate priority is to bring about a ceasefire and release of hostages held […]Read More
Not many had expected this announcement from Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar. My reasons for resigning are both personal and political, he said without any further clarification. It comes less than a week after he met President Joe Biden and spoke on the immediate need for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages […]Read More
As the election race hots up in the United States, the issue of illegal immigration is getting even hotter. Over half of Americans aren’t too happy with the Biden administration’s handling of the border issue. Biden is advocating a humane approach compared to the strict norms that were put in place by his predecessor, which […]Read More
For the first time in 15 years, in the middle of an election campaign, an Indian prime minister will embark on a foreign trip. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is off to Bhutan even though his Bhutanese counterpart Dasho Tshering Tobgay has just wound up a five-day India visit. The story is Tshering extended an invitation […]Read More
With the Israeli offensive in Gaza in its fifth month, pressure is building up on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And it’s not only directed from foreign governments. Now, non-state actors such as Hamas and the Houthi rebels in Yemen are said to have agreed to join hands against Israel. Senior members of both the armed […]Read More
As voting opened in the Russian presidential election, few had doubts about the outcome. Vladimir Putin, the man who has been in power for over two decades, is set to get another six years, his fifth term. The pitch for the so-called race has been watered well. There has been a heavy crackdown on dissidents, […]Read More
As North Korea unveiled its new battle tank, Kim Jong Un was literally on top. The occasion was a training match involving the tank units of the Korean People’s Army. The match was aimed at strictly inspecting tankmen’s actual combat capabilities and making them familiar with combat methods on different tactical missions, state agency KCNA […]Read More
Hezbollah’s leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, is clear in his mind that Israel cannot win the war in Gaza. In his view, the Israelis have suffered more casualties than they have admitted to and Hamas continues to fight on inflicting more and more casualties. At some point, he says this will unsustainable for the Israelis who […]Read More
Ramzan has begun but the much touted ceasefire in Gaza is nowhere in sight. Joe Biden wants it, his top diplomat Antony Blinken has made too many visits to West Asia, speaking to various stakeholders, including the Saudis, the Qataris, the Palestinians and the Egyptians. But Benjamin Netanyahu is holding firm, insisting and explaining that […]Read More
In a bid to make India a global hub for semiconductor manufacturing, design and technology, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for three key projects – two in Gujarat and one in Assam. India currently employs 2 million people in the electronics manufacturing sector. That’s a number the government wants to push up to […]Read More
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